Photo: Ezra Shaw, Getty Images
IMAGE 1 OF 6
Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson scored 27 of his 29 points in the first half against the Grizzlies.
With the Warriors well on their way to a 97-84 win Wednesday night, Klay Thompson caught a pass, got smacked on the arm by Memphis guard Ben McLemore and missed a long jumper.
Thompson, upset with the no-call, jawed with referee Mark Ayotte and was assessed his seventh career technical. A player long known for his aversion to confrontation had grown frustrated with the Grizzlies’ game plan: make up for a lack of firepower with over-the-top physicality.
“I was hoping he would” get the technical, Kevin Durant said. “I knew at some point with all the grabbing and holding, they would let some stuff go. I’m sure that frustrated Klay.”
He hit his first nine shots and scored 27 of his game-high 29 points in the first half before concentrating on the defensive end to help push the Warriors’ winning streak to 10 games. For the first time since Curry got injured in a Dec. 4 win in New Orleans, Durant (22 points, eight rebounds) was content being Golden State’s No. 2 option.
Memphis, trying to start salvaging a disastrous season, tried to muddy up the pace and throw the Warriors out of sync with repeated reach-ins. The problem? A team that owns the league’s second-worst offense struggled to make shots with point guard Mike Conley sidelined by a left Achilles injury.

MORE WARRIORS

Golden State held Memphis to 33.3 percent from the field, including 10-for-44 in the second half. Only one player, center Marc Gasol, mustered more than 10 points.
WARRIORS 1/2 GAME BACK OF ROCKETS
-.806 BASKEBALL 
-31 GAMES
CURRY MISSED 8 
DURANT 6 
DRAYMOND 7 
IGGY 6 
LIVINGSTON 6 
ZA ZA 7 
STARTING 5 OF ZA ZA, DRAY, DURANT, CURRY, KLAY: 
-FIRST 11 ALL STARTED 8-3
-MINN ON 11/8 IGGY FOR DURANT W (FIRST MISSED GAME) 
-11/11 DURANT CAME BACK WARRIORS WON @ PHILLY (9-3 STARTING 5) 
-11/13 NO STEPH (LIVINSTON) BEAT ORLANDO 
-11/16 STARTING 5 AT BOSTON LOST 92-88 (9-4)
-11/18 STARTING 5 WIN @ PHILLY (10-4)
-11/19 @ NETS DURANT OUT, CASPI IN W 
-11/22 STARTING 5 @ OKC LOSE (10-5)
-11/24 BULLS AT HOME NO DURANT OR GREEN W 
-11/25 H VS PELICNAS, NO DURANT W 
-11/27 H KINGS NO DURANT, CURRY L 
-11/29 STARTING 5 WIN AT LAKERS (11-5)
-12/1 AT ORL STARTING 5 W (12-5)
-12/3 AT HEAT STARTING 5 (13-5)
-12/5 NO ZA ZA AT PELICANS W 
-12/6 AT CHARLOTTE, NO CURRY, OR GREEN W 
-12/8 NO CURRY, ZA ZA WIN @ DETROIT W
-12/11 NO CURRY, ZA ZA, GREEN W PORTLAND 
-12/14 NO CURRY , ZA ZA, GREEN DALLAS, W 
-12/18 LAKERS NO CVURRY, ZA ZA GREEN W 
-12/20 - NO CURRY ZA ZA GREEN W 
5 STARTERS: 13-5 
NO CURRY 7-1 (KINGS)  
NO DURANT